David Ohanian
David Ohanian is an American-Armenian French horn player.
He studied French horn earning a B.M. from New England Conservatory of Music. He also studied with James Stagliano. He became a fellow of Tanglewood Music Center (1963-1965) and was given Honoris Causa Doctorate from Hartwick College and New England Conservatory of Music. He taught as part of faculty in New England Conservatory and at Boston University.
He was a fellow of Tanglewood Music Center from 1963 to 1965. He played with the Norwalk Youth Symphony before his professional career began. He was a member of Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops Orchestra from 1970 to 1981 and a founding member of Empire Brass and a member of Canadian Brass, 1982–1998.
He has performed in every major concert hall and outdoor venue in United States, Europe and Asia and had more than 40 recordings for Philips, BMG, Sony, Columbia and others. He also recorded instructional, audio and video recordings and published critical editions of Strauss and Mozart concertos for Hal Leonard Publishing.
He has performed with Leonard Bernstein, Claudio Abbado, Zubin Mehta, Erich Leinsdorf, Georg Solti, Seiji Ozawa and Michael Tilson Thomas. He was a soloist with Mostly Mozart, Boston Pops, appeared with Saito Kinen Orchestra (1999), Super World Orchestra (2002 and 2004) and Grand Teton Festival. He is currently as member of TransAtlantic Horn Quartet since 2000.